Washington Supreme Court· 4/15/2010

State v. Jones

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168 Wash. 2d 713

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holding that only relevant evidence is subject to constitutional protection for the right to present a defense
holding that the trial court prevented Jones from presenting a meaningful defense by excluding essential facts of high probative value whose exclusion effectively barred Jones from presenting his entire defense theory
determining that the trial court violated the right to present a defense when it prohibited the defendant’s “entire defense”
reviewing de novo where defendant alleged violation of right to testify or cross-examine witnesses
reviewing de novo a ruling limiting the scope of the defendant's testimony
rape shield statute “created to erase the misogynistic and antiquated notion that a woman’s past sexual behavior somehow affected her credibility”

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Judges: Alexander, Chambers, Fairhurst, Johnson, Madsen, Owens, Sanders, Stephens

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